Another set of SPAMMY emails I receive. “Can I have a moment?” Well if we’ve never met, and you emailed me out of the middle of nowhere (honestly I have no idea where you live, for all I know you could be on a space shuttle), chances are no we can’t have a moment? Because a moment, that word, means something treasured, something of value, some level of trust that has built up over time…
The weeks leading up to a big event are stressful. Everyone’s trying to get organized, the lists are never-ending, new items are getting added daily, it can feel like you’ll never be ready. And maybe you won’t, and here is the day, and all you can do now is… Enjoy it, support it, work through it, roll with it, learn from it, and grow.
The same development problems, happen irrespective of the languages and platform you use; Delivery schedules Ticket Management Code Re-use Technical Debt API versioning Branching strategies Templates and Re-Use Data Access When we get past those problems, then the game will change.
Communities are everywhere you look. Software, sports, hobbies, gaming, building, bird-watching, coding, thinking, etc, etc. But are they communities? Do they all share the same characteristics and agree to the same norms? Or are they all thrown together with the hope that they someday might become a community, that one day they could come together? I’ve always looked at a community as not something you sign up for, but something that comes together, when you’re…
There is no better feeling than doing an alright job and having people see it as amazing. “But that’s not my best work? I have so much more I can do.” “This is great, you don’t need to go further… why would you do more?” People can’t tell the difference between your best and okay work -possibly because whatever you deliver comes through better than they could have imagined – so anything is great. But…